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Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
